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G. N. SWIFT.

CIGAR STAND.

N0. 293,374. Patented Feb. 12, 1884.

. Q v 'I v INVENTOR JAM w ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES N. SVIFT, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

SPECIFICATION forming STAND.

- To all whom it may concern.-

-. Be it known that I, CHARLES N. SWIFT, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Cigar-Stand, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to provide a novel and convenient cigar-stand; and the in vention consists, principally, of an upper and lower plate, held apart by a suitable column or columns, and perforated for the reception of cigars, and made adjustable to suit cigars of different lengths. 1

Reference is to -be had to the accompanying drawings, fOIlIfiDg part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a cigarstand made in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same.

A represents the upper and B represents the lower plates of the cigar-stand. These a 7 plates may be of any desired shape to suit the 3 5 jury to the tips.

taste. I have shown them square, but they may be round,-oblong, or of any other form, and instead of making them fiat, as shown, I may make them ovalor concaved. The upper plate, A, is formed with the series of holes a, which are of suitable size to hold the large end of a cigar, and the plate B is formed with a correspondingnumber of holes, 12, which are of suitable size to permit the passage through them of only the tips of cigars, thus serving to support the cigars in the case without in- The plate A is made fast to the columnsO, and the lower ends of these columns by preference pass loosely through suitable holes in the plate B, and form the legsor feet of the stand.

In the center of the plates A B, I place the g screw'rod D, which is formed with the knob 61 above the plate A, which serves as convenient means forliftin g the stand, and below the plate B, upon its screw threaded end, this rod is provided with the thumb-nut f, by which the 5.

plates A B may be moved to and from each other to suit the length of cigars to be placed in the stand. I Instead of using the thumb-nut f for adjusting'the plates, a fixed nut may be used on the plate B, or the plate screw-tapped and the rod D made loose and collared in the plate A, so that it may be turned by the knob d, for rais ing and lowering the plate B. l

A cigar-stand made in this manner may be made very handsome, and it will hold the cigars without any danger of breaking the wrap- CHAS. n. SWIFT.

"Witnesses:

H. A. Wnsrr, G. SEDGWICK. 

